Meet Us
Project partners
Technical university of Denmark (DTU)
DTU Sustain is one of the largest university departments in Europe specializing in Environmental and Resource technology. The department conducts research, development, and research-based consulting and provides educational programs and services to the society. We work to develop new environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, methods, and solutions, as well as to disseminate knowledge to the society and new generations of engineers.
The department’s academic breadth and multidisciplinary approach to finding solutions to complex environmental issues is reflected in the professional profile of the scientific personnel. DTU Sustain thus occupies both engineers, chemists, biologists, geologists, and physicists, who collaborate with a wide range of Danish and international partners.
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
UCP research centre has leading expertise in investigating the dissemination of antibiotic resistance through the urban water cycle. UCP facilities offer state-of-the-art facilities for environmental microbiology research. UCP will be primarily active in WP2, microbiological water quality (BAMM), in WP1, framing the current legislation and guidelines for water quality, and intersecting with partners across the different WPs.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bacterial-ecology-lab-ucp/
Stichting Wetsus
Wetsus, European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology, is a facilitating intermediary for trend-setting know-how development. Wetsus fosters a unique environment and facilitates strategic cooperation for the development of profitable and sustainable, state-of-the-art water treatment technologies.
The inspiring and multidisciplinary collaboration between companies and research institutes from across Europe at Wetsus yields innovations that significantly contribute to solving global water problems. Wetsus’ scientific research program is defined in collaboration with the private and public water sector and conducted by leading universities.
Wetsus develops key enabling water technologies to foster a sustainable and fair society in a healthy and circular environment. To achieve this, Wetsus creates an innovation community through trust-based networks of companies, universities, and public bodies, generating, testing, and evolving innovative ideas and science-based approaches within interdisciplinary PhD programs. These programs shape innovations for fruitful implementation, and graduates become leaders in sustainable innovation.
View Point
Aqa.Earth
aqa.earth studies the relationship between soil and surface water quality. This is mapped using physics-based modeling and sensor fusion, supported by an in-house developed sensor suite. Water quality monitoring follows the criteria of the European Water Framework Directive.
Sensichips Srl
Sensichips develops and manufactures sensors that can sense, perceive, learn, reason… in one miniature microelectronics chip. The R&D team has a unique heterogeneous skill set of microelectronics and sensors design, artificial intelligence, electrochemistry, functional materials. Current products include water and air quality sensors, a multispectral photometer, residual life indication for filters and battery sensors. The company targets applications in robotics, safety, mobility, electrification, environment, industry 4.0 and medical.
Nivus
IFLUX
Idrostudi
hydro-IT GmbH
At hydro-IT, we turn complex challenges in water management into smart and practical software. From easy-to-use tools for engineers to tailor-made solutions for cities, utilities, and research teams – our passion is building models that actually work in the real world. In this project, we bring our creativity and technical know-how to develop cutting-edge modelling software that helps science, communities, and the environment flow together.
Danish Environmental Portal
The Danish Environmental Portal is a partnership co-owned by the State, Municipalities and Regions in Denmark. The aim is to support data-driven, digital environmental management in Denmark.
The mission of the Danish Environmental Portal is to provide data and support decision making concerning the environment, water, nature, land use, and climate adaptation to authorities, citizens, and businesses.
We bring data into play to maximize its value. We do this by making more and more data easily accessible and developing new services that create value for our users.
Water Europe
Water Europe (WE) is the recognized voice and promotor of water-related innovation, research, and technology development in Europe. WE is a purpose-driven multi-stakeholder association with over 280 members, representing the entire range of actors in the innovative water ecosystem. WE was established by the European Commission as a European Technology Platform. WE is guided in all its activities by its Water Vision with the ultimate ambition of achieving a Water-Smart Society.
Kobenhavns Kommune
The City of Copenhagen (Københavns Kommune) is the municipality of the Danish capital.
Copenhagen is one of the world’s best cities to live in, and it should remain so in the future.
Therefore, we will use the current challenges and opportunities to create the future city for 2035.
A city where high quality of life goes hand in hand with innovative urban development. Copenhagen
is known for its bike lanes and bathing in the harbour, and in the future, we should also be known
as a climate-friendly, green, and inclusive city.
Ayuntamiento De Sant Adria De Besos
Piave Servizi
Associated partners
Eawag - Eidgenoessische Anstalt Fuer Wasserversorgung Abwasserreinigung Und Gewaesserschutz
and https://www.eawag.ch/en/info/portal/news/news-detail/six-million-euros-for-smarter-cities-with-clean-water/
City of Zurich / Disposal and Recycling Services
Verband Schweizer Abwasser Und Gewassersschutzfachleute VSA
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Exploitation Group
Why an Exploitation Group?
URBAN M2O aims to develop flexible solutions tailored to the various water challenges and resource availability in urban areas across Europe. Inputs from end-users (water utilities, municipalities, consultants, etc.) are thus essential for successfully achieving the objectives of URBAN M2O.
What is the role of the Exploitation Group?
As a member of the Exploitation Group, your role is to:
- Help the consortium define the monitoring needs (e.g. what to measure, when to measure, how often) based on current and future threats, considering also the future evolution of the water infrastructure.
- Provide feedback during the project development (e.g. on how information is generated and visualised),
- Help the consortium to develop flexible Guidance Material for widespread use of holistic and effective management of water quality in urban areas, ensuring the user-friendliness of the project’s outcomes and a broad impact in the water sector.
What are the benefits of being part of the Exploitation Group?
By being actively involved in the Exploitation Group, your organization can:
- Have early access to the project’s results;
- Be involved in the project dissemination and communication activities;
- Deploy and test the monitoring solutions developed during the project in its own system.
What are the requirements to participate in the Exploitation Group?
Organizations that are members of the Exploitation Group are expected to:
- Participate in the stakeholder workshops (expected workload: 6 days over the 4 years of the project)
- Provide feedback to the Urban M2O Consortium on specific topics that belong to your organization’s specific expertise
- Critically review the Urban M2O results, with the perspective of utilizing them within your organization
The Members of the Exploitation Group are also expected to embrace the Open Science and FAIR approaches that are at the core of the URBAN M2O project. Co-create results will be publicly available (after anonymisation), while provided inputs and data will be as “open as possible” and “as closed as necessary” in accordance with the FAIR principles . URBAN M2O will fully comply with EU Data Protection requirements as per Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).
DO YOU WANT to join?
Who are they?
Planning and implementation of environmental monitoring, permitting and compliance checking
External Technology Developers
Who are the External Technology Developers (ETD)?
In Urban M2O we are open to test and benchmark also monitoring technologies that are developed outside the project. The ETD members are companies who are testing their technologies in our Case Studies
Who can be an ETD member?
Any company developing new sensors, which agree to benchmarking their technology according to the Urban M2O protocols and embraces the Open Science principles promoted by Urban M2O
DO YOU WANT to join?
Read more about the practicalities about being an ETD members, and please register here (coming soon)
Who are they?
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